"human fly" antedating
Jonathan Lighter
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Sat Nov 18 15:52:41 UTC 2006
1885 _Wheeling (W. Va.) Sunday Register_ (Feb. 15) 3: Aimee, the Human Fly, who appeared at the New Central Theater in Philadelphia last week, is a fine athlete.
1885 _National Police Gazette_ (Mar. 7) 6: Mlle. Preciosa Grigolatis. who is professionally known as "The Human Fly," and who does an astounding aerial acrobatic act. has only been in this country a few months. She was first introduced here by Herr Amberg at the Thalia theatre and made a hit even more pronounced than that of Ida Mulle or Pauline Hall.
JL
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